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In Pictures: Residents in Hong Kong’s Yau Ma Tei stoic amid reports of impending lockdown


Residents and small business owners grappling with a fourth wave of coronavirus infections in a hard-hit Hong Kong district were preparing on Friday for a possible lockdown affecting thousands of people, in what would be the first such move in the city.

The Yau Tsim Mong district has for more than a week been the main focus of efforts to combat the virus. On Friday last week the government announced that residents of a designated area in the district must undergo a test following an outbreak at a walk-up building.

Residents shopping for food at a wet market on Reclamation Street. Photo: Candice Chau/HKFP.

Following reports of a lockdown, HKFP on Friday took a trip into the designated area in Yau Ma Tei to see how locals were reacting.



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